Models are awesome. The more detailed the
better. Still, there is a limit to how detailed you can make things depending
on the scale. When it comes to battleships, usually the largest scale models
you'll find on sale are 1/350 scale. If you want bigger, well you're kind of
out of luck – Unless you build one from scratch.

Japanese blogger, nichirou visited the Sagamihara branch of the Japanese hobby shop Tam Tam. There on display are not
one, not two, but four 1/100 scale WWII
warship models. Built by the store chain founder, these models were built
from scratch to unbelievable detail. nichirou photographed the ships and posted
pictures on his blog, Wota ni Tsukeru Kusuri Nashi (ヲタにつける薬なし "There's No Cure for an Otaku")

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The models on display are the aircraft
carrier, Akagi, the battleships Fuso and Ise, and the heavy cruiser, Takao. Before someone inevitably asks: Apparently, a 1/100 scale model of the battleship Yamato and one more ship used
to be on display, but were shipped to a branch in Kyushu when it newly opened.

nichirou spent over an hour taking photos
and gawking at the models (who can blame him?). Check out the full photo gallery posted on
nichirou's blog in two separate posts. In the meantime... Holy cow...